CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction (Daniel D. Arreola) -- 1. Hispanic American Legacy, Latino American Diaspora (Daniel D. Arreola) -- PART I. CONTINUOUS COMMUNITIES -- 2. The Plaza in Las Vegas, New Mexico: A Community Gathering Place (Jeffrey S. Smith) -- 3. Social Geography of Laredo, Texas, Neighborhoods: Distinctiveness and Diversity in a Majority-Hispanic Place (Michael S. Yoder and Renee LaPerriere de Gutierrez) -- PART II. DISCONTINUOUS COMMUNITIES -- 4. Barrio under Siege: Latino Sense of Place in San Francisco, California (Brian J. Godfrey) -- 5. Globalization of the Barrio: Transformation of the Latino Cultural Landscapes of San Diego, California (Lawrence A. Herzog) -- 6. Barrio Space and Place in Southeast Los Angeles, California (James R. Curtis) -- PART III. NEW COMMUNITIES -- 7. Changing Latinization of New York City (Ines M. Miyares) -- 8. Soccer and Latino Cultural Space: Metropolitan Washington Fútbol Leagues (Marie Price and Courtney Whitworth) -- 9. The Cultural Landscape of a Puerto Rican Neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio (Albert Benedict and Robert B. Kent) -- 10. Latinos in Polynucleated Kansas City (Steven L. Driever) -- 11. Latino Commerce in Northern Nevada (Kate A. Berry) -- 12. Se Venden Aquí: Latino Commercial Landscapes in Phoenix, Arizona (Alex Oberle) -- 13. Hispanics in the American South and the Transformation of the Poultry Industry (William Kandel and Emilio A. Parrado) -- 14. Hispanization of Hereford, Texas (Terrence W. Haverluk) -- References -- Contributors -- Index.